Job Title: Academic Advisor - Part Time
PVN ID: LE-1808-002679
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LEHMAN COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

Lehman College is seeking a Part Time Academic Advisor for a recently awarded 5-year grant (Currently in year 2 of 5): Pathways to Student STEM Success: Using High Impact Practices to Improve STEM Enrollment, Retention, Transfer and Graduation. The advisor, cross-trained in advisement, admissions, and financial aid policies, will be located at Hostos Community College to meet with cohort and individual students on a regular basis.  The primary responsibility is to advise students on academic policies, degree requirements, admissions processes, and financial aid procedures to ensure that students stay on track, are successful in completing their degree, and are ready for transfer to Lehman College.

About the Pathways to Student STEM Success Program:

Pathways to Student STEM Success (PTS3) is a coherent and collaborative program that will engage senior and community college students in activities designed to build their social and cultural capital through: intensive advisement; mastery of academic content and skills; and participation in STEM activities that are central to STEM interest, efficacy, and success. PTS3 will also address administrative barriers that plague transfer students through joint planning and collaborative implementation with Bronx Community College (BCC), Hostos Community College (HCC) and Lehman College.

Other Duties

  • Meet with STEM cohort and individual students on a regular basis.
  • Counsel applicants and students on eligibility for financial aid programs and assist them in the application process
  • Schedule and host events on a regular basis at academic partner institutions and at Lehman to promote transfer
  • Assist in the recruitment of potential new students for future cohorts
  • Develop and maintain relationships with faculty and staff at all campuses and partner institutions
  • Expand and promote STEM articulation agreements between community colleges and Lehman College
  • Conduct outreach to prospective and accepted students
  • Assist PTSteam with special events
  • May require evening and weekend hours occasionally

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization required, Master’s degree preferred
  • Two years of academic advising experience, preferably with at-risk students
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Computer skills including MS Office (required) and CUNYfirst (preferred)

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Enrollment Management
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$32.00-$35.00
Hour(s) a week
0.00-19.00
Closing Date
Oct 21, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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